One Senior Community Health Officer (SCHO) will
be posted at each CHNC. He will be under direct administrative and
technical control of SPHO in charge of the CHNC.
The
Senior Community Health Officer will carry out the following duties at CHNC.
1. CONTROL OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES.
He/She will assist
the SPHO and ensure that all necessary steps are being taken for the
control of the communicable diseases in the CHNC involving the PHC
staff.
He should receive information and
reports to SPHO, of any outbreak of an epidemic in the cluster.
Assist the SPHO in
taking the necessary action in case of any outbreak of an epidemic in the
PHC s in CHNC area involving all the Staff of the PHC s.
a. WHERE
KALA-AZAR IS ENDEMIC.
i. He will assist
the SPHO and coordinate with district and PHC staff and ensures that
the activities connected with community involvement and health education,
training, management and supervision in the context of Kala-Azar are taking up.
He ensures that search operations, diagnosis and treatment of Kala-Azar
patients and spray activities in his CHNC area are effectively taken
up by the PHC staff.
b. WHERE
JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS IS ENDEMIC.
i. He will assist
the SPHO and coordinate with district and PHC staff and ensures that
the activities connected with community involvement and health education,
training, management and supervision in the context of J. E also. He ensures
that J.E search operations, diagnosis and treatment of J.E patients and spray
activities in CHNC area are effectively taken up by the PHC staff.
2. MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH.
1. Supervise
and guide the, Health Supervisors and Health Workers and actively
involve the Health Guides and trained Dais in the effective implementation of
theprogram for Maternal and Child health.
2.Assist
the SPHO in conducting the Maternal and infant death investigations.
3.He
will assist the SPHO in organizing trainings for the medical officers
and the staff of PHC s .
4.He
will accompany the SPHO in tours and assist the SPHO in
evaluation of the effectiveness of the program.
3. SCHOOL HEALTH.
1.He
will periodically visit schools in the CHNC area and assess the
quality and effectiveness of the school health program environmental sanitation
and health education and guide PHC for the better implementation of the
program.
2. Evaluates
the treatment and follow up of those students found to have defects and suffer
from chronic illness.
4. UNIVERSAL IMMUNIZATION PRORAMME.
· Works
with PHN and ensure that the program is implemented effectively.
5. FAMILY PLANNING.
Planning Program works
to promote vasectomies and spacing.
6. NUTRITIONAL.
· Supervise
and guide the Health Supervisors and Workers and actively involve the Health
Guides and trained Dais in the effective implementation of the
nutritionprogram, such as administration of vitamin A and Iron and Folic Acid
tablets. Helps the Field staff to bring about field level functional
convergence with AWW,mahila self help groups, voluntary organizations.
7. ENVIRONMENTAL
SANITATION.
· Supervise
and guide the Health Supervisors and Health Workers and actively involve
the ASHA s, CHV s, Health Guides and trained Dais in the
effective provision of safe drinking water and for the improvement of
environmental sanitation in the villages in CHNC area.
8. TREATMENT OF MINOR AILIMENTS.
· Supervise
and guide the Health Supervisors and Workers and actively involve the Health
Guides and trained Dais and Primary School Teachers in the treatment of minor
aliments as carried out by them, and ensure early referral to the M. O. PHC in
the CHNC area.
9. COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND HEALTH EDUCTION.
1. Participate
in the PHC Health Committee/ Mandal level meetings to assess the health needs
of the community to discuss the health programs with the community,
and to enlist their cooperation in these programs and guides the PHC
staff.
2. Maintain
a close liaison with the Mandel Development Officers in the CHNC area
and his staff and with other development program workers such as
those under the National Adult Education Programs and facilitates the
participation of PHC staff in common welfare programs.
3. Facilitates
and guides Work closely with the community leaders and community organizations
such as Mahila, Farmer's clubs, and other Voluntary Organizationsand
involve them to the advantage in the promotion of health programs in
the CHNC area.
4. Organize camps,
meetings, health education talks, demonstrations display of posters,
exhibitions of films videos and involve the Health Supervisors, Health Workers
and Health Guides in these activities.
10. TRAINING OF HEALTH PERSONNEL AND COMMUNITY LEVERL WORKERS.
1. Under
the supervision of SPHO along with PHN supports the Medical Officers
of PHC s, organizes and conducts various health program related
training forASHA s, Health Guides, Primary School Teachers and Dais. Services
of Health Supervisors and Health Workers, MPHA s will be utilized in
conducting these trainingPrograms.
2. Assist
the SPHO in staff skill development programs for the M. O.
PHC s , Health Supervisors and Health Workers, at the PHC s as well
as in the field.
3. Be
actively involved in the assessment of the effectiveness of the training of
Health Supervisors, Health Workers, and other health personnel at the Primary
Health Centre level.
4. Assist the SPHO in
conduction fortnightly & monthly staff meetings at the CHNC.
5.Be actively involved in the
field training components of basic and refresher
training programs conducted by the
state level, region level, and district level
institutes for basic training of various categories of health
personnel.
6. Be actively involved in
the field training components of training programs conducted by the
Health and Family Welfare Training Centre s for various categories of
health personnel.
11. MANAGEMENT AND SUPERVISION.
1. Assist
the SPHO in conducting field investigation to delineate local health
problems for planning changes in the strategy for effective delivery of PHC
health services.
2. Ensure
that the PHC s sub centers are properly maintained and managed by the
Medical Officers, Health Workers (MPHA s) and Health
Supervisors.
3. Tours all
the PHC s and sub centers along with SPHO and ensures
that supplies and equipment such as drugs, contraceptives, vaccines,
nutritional supplements, bleaching powder, health educational materials, etc.,
are supplied in time to the sub centers to enable the Health
Supervisors and Health Workers to carry out their functions effectively.
4. Tours
5. Scrutinize the
work plans of the Health Supervisors and Health Workers.
6. Supervise
and evaluate the maintenance of the prescribed records of the field staff at
PHC and the sub center level.
7. Obtain
the reports from the PHC s analyze and interpret the data
available, and utilize the findings for improving the implementation
of the health programs in theCHNC area.
8. He
assists the SPHO in organizing monthly meetings, not only
for evaluating the progress of work and suggesting steps to be taken for
further improvement but also as a means of staff development and continuing
education.
9. He
assists the SPHO in organizing meetings at regular
intervals with the community level workers for discussing their activities and
for providing continuing education.
10. Keep notes of his
activities in the CHNC area and submit his tour report at regular
intervals to the SPHO.
11.Any other duty assigned
by SPHO should be carried out by CHO
12. VITAL STATISTICS.
He/she
will ensure with the help of LD computer consolidates the Birth and Death
reports sent from the PHC s and send them to District and state
authorities every month.
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